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Byron C. Jaeger

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Total publications: 21

Total citations: 265

R package downloads: 19,950

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Byron C. Jaeger

I am an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics. I work in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

My research focuses on describing the role of diurnal (night-time) blood pressure patterns in developing cardiovascular disease and building predictive algorithms that can be used to support clinical decision-making.

Education

PhD, Biostatistics

Gilling’s School of Global Public Health

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2017 - 2012

BS, Mathematics

Furman University

Greenville, South Carolina

2012 - 2008

  • Thesis: Modeling three-dimensional pathways for the Tsunami Bar
  • Honors: Recipient of DeLany Medal for Excellence in Mathematics

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Present - 2017

  • Investigating mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and hypertension
  • developing machine learning algorithms to identify who may benefit from initiating antihypertensive medications

Adjunct Professor of Statistics

North Carolina Central University

Durham, North Carolina

2017 - 2016

Undergraduate and graduate instructor in biostatistics and statistical learning

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Gilling’s School of Global Public Health

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2017 - 2014

  • Intro to Biostatistics and Longitudinal Data Analysis
  • Statistics Tutor, School of Nursing

Graduate Research Assistant

Gilling’s School of Global Public Health

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2017 - 2012

Teaching Experience

General Linear Models

University of Alabama at Birmingham

N/A

Present - 2019

  • Students are introduced to matrix algebra and theory supporting the general linear model.
  • Students develop expertise in predictive modeling and statistical inference based on general linear models.

Statistical Programming with R

University of Alabama at Birmingham

N/A

Present - 2017

  • Students develop core competencies in data analysis (import, clean, transform, visualize, and tabulate) using R.
  • Course structure promotes interactive lectures and group exercises.
  • Final exam: a comprehensive research project using R markdown.

Statistical Software

tibbleOne

Convenient framework to tabulate participant characteristics.

N/A

2019

obliqueRSF

Fit and interpret oblique random survival forests

N/A

2018

r2glmm

Compute model and semi-partial R-squared for mixed models

N/A

2016

Publications

Development of Predictive Equations for Nocturnal Hypertension and Nondipping Systolic Blood Pressure

BC Jaeger, JN Booth III, M Butler, LJ Edwards, …
Journal of the American Heart Association, 9 (2), e013696

N/A

2020

Citations: 0

Wearable Technology To Reduce Sedentary Behavior And CVD Risk In Older Adults: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

LM Roberts, BC Jaeger, LC Baptista, SA Harper, …
Clinical Interventions in Aging, Volume 2019:14 Pages 1817-1828

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Oblique Random Survival Forests

BC Jaeger, DL Long, DM Long, M Sims, JM Szychowski, …
Annals of Applied Statistics, 3 (2019), 1847-1883

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Prediabetes and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease by Hypertension Status in Black Adults: The Jackson Heart Study

D Hubbard, LD Colantonio, AP Carson, S Sakhuja, BC Jaeger, …
Diabetes Care, c191074

N/A

2019

Citations: 3

Associations of awake and asleep blood pressure and blood pressure dipping with abnormalities of cardiac structure: The CARDIA study

NA Bello, BC Jaeger, JN Booth., M Abdalla, DE Anstey, …
Journal of Hypertension, epub

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Prevalence of Activity Limitations and Association with Multimorbidity Among US Adults 50 to 64 Years Old

CB Bowling, L Deng, S Sakhuja, MC Morey, BC Jaeger, P Muntner
Journal of general internal medicine, pages 1-7

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Association of Daytime and Nighttime Blood Pressure With Cardiovascular Disease Events Among African American Individuals

Y Yano, RM Tanner, S Sakhuja, BC Jaeger, …
JAMA cardiology, 4 (9), 910-917

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Association of Region and Hospital and Patient Characteristics with Use of High-Intensity Statins after Myocardial Infarction among Medicare Beneficiaries

V Bittner, LD Colantonio, Y Dai, M Woodward, BC Jaeger, …
JAMA Cardiology, 4 (9), 865-872

N/A

2019

Citations: 1

Sex Differences in Masked Hypertension: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study

DN Pugliese, JN Booth III, L Deng, DE Anstey, BC Jaeger, …
Journal of Hypertension, epub

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Blood-Flow Restriction Resistance Exercise for Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis: a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

SA Harper, LM Roberts, AS Layne, BC Jaeger, AK Gardner, …
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8 (2), 265

N/A

2019

Citations: 2

Multimodal Intervention to Improve Functional Status in Hypertensive Older Adults: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

LC Baptista, BC Jaeger, SD Anton, AA Bavry, EM Handberg, …
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8 (2), 196

N/A

2019

Citations: 2

Race and Sex Differences in Asleep Blood Pressure: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

JN Booth, DE Anstey, NA Bello, BC Jaeger, DN Pugliese, …
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 21 (2), 184-192

N/A

2019

Citations: 3

An R-squared Statistic for Covariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger, LJ Edwards, MJ Gurka
Journal of Applied Statistics, 46 (1), 164-184

N/A

2019

Citations: 2

ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award

Out-of-Clinic Sympathetic Activity is Increased in Patients with Masked Uncontrolled Hypertension

M Siddiqui, EK Judd, BC Jaeger, H Bhatt, T Dudenbostel, B Zhang, …
Hypertension, 73 (1), 132-141

N/A

2019

Citations: 7

CVD and Mortality in Adults Aged 60+ Years According to Recommendations by the ACC/AHA and ACP/AAFP

BC Jaeger, DE Anstey, AP Bress, JN Booth III, M Butler, D Clark III, …
Hypertension, 73 (2), 327-334

N/A

2019

Citations: 2

Low Agreement Between Modified-Schwartz and CKD-EPI eGFR in Young Adults: a Retrospective Longitudinal Cohort Study

M Webster-Clark, BC Jaeger, Y Zhong, G Filler, A Alvarez-Elias, …
BMC Nephrology, 19 (1), 194

N/A

2018

Citations: 1

Assessing Responsiveness over Time of the PROMIS Pediatric Symptom and Function Measures in Cancer, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Sickle Cell Disease

BB Reeve, LJ Edwards, BC Jaeger, PS Hinds, C Dampier, DS Gipson, …
Quality of Life Research, 27 (1), 249-257

N/A

2018

Citations: 13

An R-squared Statistic for Fixed Effects in the Generalized Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger, LJ Edwards, K Das, & PK Sen
Journal of Applied Statistics, 44 (6), 1086-1105

N/A

2017

Citations: 96

Responsiveness of PROMIS Pediatric Measures to Hospitalizations for Sickle Pain and Subsequent Recovery

C Dampier, BC Jaeger, HE Gross, V Barry, L Edwards, Y Lui, …
Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 63 (6), 1038-1045

N/A

2016

Citations: 34

Enumerating Graph Depletions

BC Jaeger & TM Lewis
Online Journal of Analytic Combinatorics, 9, 1-17

N/A

2014

Citations: 0

Presentations

Novel 24-Hour Blood Pressure Profile in Patients with Resistant Hypertension

M Siddiqui, BC Jaeger, E Judd, T Dudenbostel, DM Pollock, ….
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 73 (9 Supp. 1), 1818

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Hypertension Awareness is Associated with Negative Psychosocial Outcomes in Africans Americans in the Jackson Heart Study (JHS)

M Butler, J Kalinowski, D Shimbo, M Sims, JN Booth, AP Bress, ….
Circulation, 139 (Supp. 1), AP179

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Wearable Technology to Reduce Sedentary Behavior and Cvd Risk in Older Adults: a Pilot Trial

LM Roberts, BC Jaeger, LC Baptista, SA Harper, E Jackson, …
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 51 (6), 1004

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Young Adult Risk Factor Burden and Sleep Hypertension in Middle-Age: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study

JN Booth III, JE Schwartz, N Allen, BC Jaeger, CE Lewis, …
Circulation, 139 (Supp. 1), AP181

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Change in Metabolic and Inflammatory Biomarkers after a 24-Week Multimodal Intervention

LC Baptista, BC Jaeger, SD Anton, AA Bavry, EM Handberg, …
9th International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research, Miami, FL

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Oblique Random Survival Forests

BC Jaeger, DL Long, DM Long, M Sims, J Szychowski, Y Min, …
ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium, Raleigh, NC

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Prolonged Hospital Length Of Stay After Pediatric Heart Transplantation And Its Impact On Outcomes: A PHTS Database Analysis

D Gupta, BC Jaeger, R Cantor, D Koehl, N Bansal, …
AHA Scientific Sessions, Philadelphia, PA

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Improving mortality predictions for mechanical-circulatory-support-patients using follow-up data and machine learning

BC Jaeger, RS Cantor, R Rudraraju
AHA Scientific Sessions, Philadelphia, PA

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

An R-squared Statistic for Covariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger, LJ Edwards, & MJ Gurka
ENAR Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA

N/A

2018

Citations: 0

An R-squared Statistic for Covariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger, LJ Edwards, & MJ Gurka
Joint Statistical Meeting, Vancouver

N/A

2018

Citations: 0

Current Support

Incorporation of a Hypertension Working Group into the Jackson Heart Study

University of Alabama at Birmingham

N/A

Present - 2017

  • NHLBI R01 HL117323
  • Primary Investigators: Muntner P., Shimbo D. & Gbenga O.
  • Objective: identify novel risk factors for hypertension and potential approaches to improve hypertension control rates and reduce blood pressure related complications among African Americans.
  • Roles: Co-Investigator & Lead Statistician
  • Effort: 2.4 Calendar

Strategically Focused Hypertension Research Center

University of Alabama at Birmingham

N/A

Present - 2017

  • AHA 15SFRN2390002
  • Primary Investigators: Muntner P., Pollock J., & Calhoun D.
  • Objective Evaluate racial differences in nocturnal hypertension and non-dipping blood pressure.
  • Role: Co-Investigator & Lead Statistician
  • Effort: 2.4 Calendar

Resveratrol and Exercise to Treat Functional Limitations in Late Life

University of Alabama at Birmingham

N/A

Present - 2017

  • NIH/NIA 7R21AG049974
  • Primary Investigators: Buford T.
  • Objective: Evaluate the potential of two doses of resveratrol for improving the efficacy of physical exercise in treating age-related functional limitations.
  • Role: Co-Investigator & Lead Statistician
  • Effort: 0.24 Calendar

Improving Detection of Masked Hypertension: Analysis of Pooled Population and Community-Based Studies

Duke University

N/A

Present - 2018

  • NIH/NHLBI 1R01HL144773
  • Primary Investigators: Yano Y.
  • Objective: determine how best to define masked hypertension and who should be screened for masked hypertension in the US population
  • Role: Co-Investigator & Lead Statistician
  • Effort: 0.6 Calendar

Machine Learning for Predicting Mechanical Circulatory Support Outcomes

University of Alabama at Birmingham

N/A

Present - 2018

  • AHA 18AIML34280052
  • Primary Investigators: Rudraraju R & Cantor R.
  • Objective: comprehensive training and comparison (in terms of accuracy) of machine learning algorithms applied to mechanical circulatory support data.
  • Role: Co-Investigator & Lead Statistician
  • Effort: 0.6 Calendar

Data Warehousing Center Agreement for the Intermacs Databases

University of Alabama at Birmingham

N/A

Present - 2017

  • STS HHSN268201100025C
  • Primary Investigators: Kirklin J.
  • Objective: develop a data and analytics driven decision support tool for patients with ambulatory advanced heart failure who are faced with the challenging options of implantation of a long term mechanical circulatory support device versus continued medical therapy despite ongoing significant functional limitation.
  • Role: Co-Investigator & Lead Statistician
  • Effort: 1.8 Calendar

Grants Submitted

Establishing Medicare Based Estimation for Cardiovascular Disease (EMBED)

Primary Investigator: Jaeger, Byron C.

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • Pending

Decoding Human Movements with Cortical and Subcortical Field Potentials with Directional DBS for Parkinson’s Disease

Primary Investigator: Walker, Harrison

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • Withdrawn

Non-Traditional Blood Pressure Parameters from Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to American Heart Association
  • Pending

Determining True Versus Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study

Primary Investigator: Tanner, Rikki M.D.

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R01HL151687

Implementation and Accuracy of Blood Pressure Self-measurement in the Waiting Room

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R01HL151609

Development of a Patient Decision Support Tool for Mechanical Circulatory Support

Primary Investigator: Kirklin, James K

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R01HL151843

Home Versus Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Falls in Older Adults

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to Kaiser Foundation
  • Pending

Resveratrol and Exercise to Enhance Mitochondrial Function in Older Adults

Primary Investigator: Buford, Thomas

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, F32AG066276

Automated Clinic Blood Pressure Assessment and Detection of White Coat and Masked Hypertension Study

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to Columbia University
  • Pending

NRT-HDR Where Health Meets Data: Training Biostatisticians for the World of Big Health Data

Primary Investigator: Cofield, Stacey S

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to NSF - National Science Foundation
  • Pending

Building and InnovatinG: Digital heAlth Technology and Analytics (BIGDATA) - Methodologic Core

Primary Investigator: Redden, David T

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • Pending

Building and Innovating: Digital Health Technology and Analytics (BIG DATA)

Primary Investigator: Curtis, Jeffrey R

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, P30AR072583

Acute Renal Injury Sequela In NICU Graduates (ARISING)

Primary Investigator: Askenazi, D.

N/A

2018

Submitted to: NIH NIDDK, U34 DK117128-01A1

Associations of daytime and nighttime blood pressure measured via home versus ambulatory blood pressure monitoring with cardiac structure and function in African Americans

Primary Investigator: Yano, Y., & Muntner P.

N/A

2018

Submitted as ancillary study to: Jackson Heart Study

White coat hypertension with unattended versus attended blood pressure measurement

Primary Investigator: Abdallah M., Shimbo D., & Muntner P.

N/A

2018

Submitted as ancillary study to: Jackson Heart Study, 1R01HL146636-01

PRedictive mEthods for Decisions to Initiate or esCalate treatment for cardiovascular disease (PREDICT CVD)

Primary Investigator: Jaeger, B.

N/A

2018

Submitted as KL2 award to: Coordinating Center for Translational Science

Home Blood Pressure and Falls Among Older Adults

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2018

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Active, R01HL147601

Automated Clinic Blood Pressure Assessment and Detection of White Coal and Masked Hypertension Study

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2018

  • Submitted to Columbia University
  • Resubmitted

Incorporation of a Hypertension Working Group into the Jackson Heart Study

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2016

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Active, R01HL117323

Guest Lectures

Reproducible reports with R

BST 655, KIRSO statistical lecture

N/A

2019

  • Applied example using data from the titanic cruise
  • Students were introduced to tibbleOne and rpriori packages

Using linear models for prediction

BST 655, BST 623

N/A

2019

  • Applied example using housing price data
  • Students introduced to bias-variance tradeoff and resampling

Introduction to Machine Learning

CCTS Friday Fellows talk, KIRSO statistical lecture, UAB SOPH programming group

N/A

2019

  • Covers core principals in machine learning
  • Applied examples using data from the Interagency registry for mechanically assisted circulatory support

Mentorship

Natalie Simpkins

Honors Thesis committee member

N/A

Present - 2019

Science and Technology Honors Program

Anastasia Hartzes

Dissertation committee member

N/A

Present - 2019

  • Doctorate in Biostatistics
  • Anastasia is preparing for her final exam

Steve Ampah

Dissertation co-advisor

N/A

Present - 2018

  • Doctorate in Biostatistics
  • Steve has passed his preliminary exam and is progressing towards graduation

Jeremiah Rastegar

BST 698

N/A

Present - 2019

  • Jeremiah completed online and hands-on training in machine learning
  • Applied work included predictive modeling using the INTERMACS data registry

John Bassler

Graduate research assistant

N/A

Present - 2019

  • John has lead an analysis of the RESTORES trial data with Tom Buford
  • A shiny application is being developed to disseminate this research

Nora Ahmad Mohammad Balas

Dissertation committee member

N/A

2019 - 2018

  • Masters in Public Health
  • Factors associated with breast cancer screening behaviors in a sample of Jamaican women

Andrew Sims

Academic Advisor

N/A

2019 - 2018

Assistance and advise with course registration and progression through graduate program

Catherine Jones

Dissertation committee member

N/A

2018 - 2017

  • Masters in Epidemiology
  • The association between physical activity and executive functioning in obese adults

Peer-Review

Reviewer

Peer-reviewed journal articles

N/A

Present - 2017

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Hypertension Research
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
  • Biometrics

Statistical reviewer

Jackson Heart Study

N/A

Present - 2017

Perform reviews of manuscript proposals, abstracts, posters, and manuscripts

Continuing Education

Applied Predictive Analytics

Max Kuhn

Austin, TX

2019

2-day short course

Regression Modeling Strategies

Frank Harrell

New Orleans, LA

2019

8-hour short course

Tidy Tools Workshop

Hadley Wickham

Atlanta, GA

2019

2-day short course

Joint longitudinal and survival analysis

Dimitri Rizoupolos

Atlanta, GA

2018

8-hour short course

Data Science Workflows Using R and Spark

Rick Peterson

Vancouver

2018

8-hour short course

Statistical Machine Learning for Biomedical Data

Noah Simon

Vancouver

2018

8-hour short course